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Kolkata Fish Fry

Ingredients ground to a thick paste

Chopped onions - a handful

Mint and coriander leaves together a handful

Green chillies - 8

( add according to your taste)

Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tsp

( Add all above ingredients into a mixi jar and grind to a thick paste. Do not add any water while grinding)

Other ingredients

Fish fillets - 4 ( cut into medium size pieces)

Salt and pepper powder to taste

Lemon juice from 1/2 of a lemon

Bread crumbs - as needed

Beaten egg - 1

Oil to shallow fry

Method

Take a wide plate massage the fish with salt ,pepper powder and lemon juice, rest for 10 minutes.
Add the ground paste to the fish and coat both sides well and marinate for 30 minutes.

Dip each masala coated fish into the beaten egg and roll them into the bread crumbs.

Make sure the fish is coated all sides with the bread crumbs. Repeat the process again, rest the coated fish for 10 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan and gently drop the fish and shallow or deep fry in medium high flame till light golden brown and crisp on all sides. Place the fish on a kitchen tissue to get rid of excess oil.

Enjoy hot.

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